Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The four hundred and fifty-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Prolific affordable-housing developer CAMBA has opened up a lottery for 110 units in its most recent development, CAMBA Gardens Phase II. The units are housed in a newly Read More »

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Shared house ‘hostel’ idea backheeled by planners

shared-house-hostel150x150PHOENIX: Planners have rejected proposals to convert a former nursing home into a house of multiple occupation after neighbours feared it would simply become a ‘hostel’.

The former skilled nursing home had been earmarked for a conversion into a 22 bedsit rooms with shared kitchen and Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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Behavior changes offer clues that dementia could be brewing

clues-word150x150PHILADELPHIA: Memory loss may not always be the first warning sign that dementia is brewing — changes in behaviour or personality might be an early clue.

Researchers on Sunday outlined a syndrome called “mild behavioural impairment” that may be a harbinger of Alzheimer’s or other Read More »

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